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==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 22.72 square miles (58.84 km<sup>2</sup>), including 21.53 square miles (55.76 km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 1.19 square miles (3.07 km<sup>2</sup>) of water (5.22%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> It is divided into several sections. They include the neighborhoods of Forest West, East and West Brookwood, Forest Lakes, Lackawanna, Cranberry Lake, and the Lake Mohawk area. The township is known as the "Township of Lakes" because of the community's nearly two dozen lakes and ponds.<ref name=Lakes/> A wooded exclave owned by the State of New Jersey and covering {{Convert|33|acres}} is located on [[Lake Musconetcong]] adjoining [[Hopatcong, New Jersey|Hopatcong]] and [[Stanhope, New Jersey|Stanhope]], {{convert|1|mi}} away from the remainder of the township.<ref>O'Dea, Colleen. [https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2014/03/14-03-23-the-list-donuts-holes-and-exclaves-new-jersey-s-weird-geography/ "The List: Donuts, Holes, and Exclaves — New Jersey’s Weird Geography"], NJ Spotlight News, March 24, 2014. Accessed February 13, 2025. "A 22-square mile-township in Sussex County, Byram includes a roughly 33-acre small exclave of woodlands on the border of Lake Musconetcong. The area is about a mile away as the crow flies through Stanhope. Known as Byram Island, it’s a piece of orphaned land that neither Stanhope nor Hopatcong took when they broke away from Byram. The property is state-owned land and accessible only via the lake or the Lackawanna Cutoff."</ref> [[Byram Center, New Jersey|Byram Center]] (with a 2010 Census population of 90<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212135514/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3409170 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Byram Center CDP, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 18, 2013.</ref>) is an [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) located within Byram Township. [[Lake Mohawk, New Jersey|Lake Mohawk]] (with 1,824 out of the CDP's total 2010 Census population of 9,916 in the township<ref>[https://archive.today/20200212135727/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3438040 DP-1 - Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data for Lake Mohawk CDP, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 18, 2013.</ref>) is a CDP split between Byram Township and [[Sparta Township, New Jersey|Sparta Township]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20150420042022/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US34037 GCT-PH1 - Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place from the 2010 Census Summary File 1 for Sussex County, New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 19, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www2.census.gov/acs2010_5yr/summaryfile/UserTools/Geography/NJ.xls 2006-2010 American Community Survey Geography for New Jersey], [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed February 19, 2013.</ref><ref name=CPH232>[https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-32.pdf New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)], [[United States Census Bureau]], August 2012. Accessed February 19, 2013.</ref> Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Brookwood East, Brookwood West, Cage Hill, Cranberry Lake, Forest Lakes, Jefferson Lake, Lake Lackawanna, Lockwood, Panther Pond, Roseville, Stag Pond, Tomahawk Lane, Waterloo, Wolf Lake and Wrights Pond.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search], State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref> ;Streams *[[Lubbers Run]] runs through the township, intersecting Mansfield Drive. The run is monitored monthly by the Byram Intermediate School's Environmental Club. *[[Punkhorn Creek]] runs through the township, flowing southwest from Lake Bottom, on the north side of and parallel with Amity Road, to Roseville Pond. Residents of Byram are served by adjacent post offices in [[Stanhope, New Jersey|Stanhope]], [[Andover Township, New Jersey|Andover Township]] and Sparta Township.<ref>[http://byramtwp.org/index.php/services/contacts/#post_offices Services » Contacts: Post Offices], Byram Township. Accessed July 2, 2011.</ref> The township borders the municipalities of [[Andover Township, New Jersey|Andover Township]], [[Green Township, New Jersey|Green Township]], [[Hopatcong, New Jersey|Hopatcong]], [[Sparta Township, New Jersey|Sparta Township]] and [[Stanhope, New Jersey|Stanhope]] in Sussex County; [[Mount Olive Township, New Jersey|Mount Olive Township]] in [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]]; and [[Allamuchy Township, New Jersey|Allamuchy Township]] in [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren County]].<ref>[https://www.sussex.nj.us/FCpdf/Sussex%20County%20Map%20-%207-1-03.pdf Sussex County Map], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed March 22, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>
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